SWATHING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Cloth coverings wrapped around something (as a wound or a baby)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("swathing" is a kind of...):

covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

Derivation:

swathe (wrap in swaddling clothes)

-ing form of the verb swathe